March 2nd 1989 saw the worldwide debut of Madonna's comeback single "Like A Prayer" as part of a groundbreaking 2-minute Pepsi TV commercial which aired on that same day in over 40 countries around the world.

Here's how it looked in UK's ITV channel, where it aired at 8:12pm during an episode of police drama "The Bill". Then below, watch Madonna talk about the controversy that followed, in an interview with MTV's Kurt Loder one year later.